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Saturn. Truly, one of the most beautiful objects known to man. We’re lucky to have something in our solar system that is both so wonderful to look at and so scientifically informative. Twenty years ago we launched the Cassini-Huygens probe. After seven long years of space travel it became our first object in orbit of… Read More Saturnian Swan Song

An extra post this week because I just can’t pass up the chance to point out the images coming in from Cassini right now. As you have probably heard in the news, as the Cassini mission comes to an end because of a lack of fuel, its orbit has been radically altered such that the… Read More Saturnian Wonder

It has been just over a decade since the Cassini space probe first detected the plumes of Enceladus, the 6th largest moon of Saturn. Back then it was a huge surprise to us all, no one was expecting geological activity in the icy depths of the far solar system. Since then we have learnt all… Read More Enceladus: A Fond Farewell